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On April 16 & 17 2008 The ICID hosted the event "The Canadian Forum on HIV/AIDS and Ukraine" in Winnipeg, Manitoba to expose new information regarding the status of HIV/AIDS in Ukraine.
With a total population of more than 46 million, and an estimated 344,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, Ukraine has reported more annual AIDS deaths than any other European country.
The most affected regions of Ukraine are in the east and along the Black Sea, particularly in larger industrial centres where the estimated HIV prevalence is several-fold above the national average (based on sentinel surveillance). According to experts, injection drug use is still driving the spread of HIV but this horrific disease is now claiming two more groups: mothers passing it on to their babies, and the younger population through unprotected sex. The young people of Ukraine now make up 80% of the nation's population who are infected.
On this page you will find media coverage of the event as well as related articles and links of interest on this issue.
Media Coverage of The Canadian Forum on HIV/AIDS and Ukraine:
Help sought for Ukraine's AIDS epidemic
Winnipeg Free Press, April 17, 2008
HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies for Ukraine Discussed at Canadian Forum
Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, April 18, 2008
Media Coverage of HIV/AIDS and Ukraine:
Ukraine on the front line against AIDS
euronews July 20, 2010
Ukraine has Europe's fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Sex workers are obviously at risk, with many of the women also using drugs.
Harsh attitudes fuel Eastern Europe HIV epidemic
Reuters Jul 19, 2010
An underground HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is building at an alarming pace, fuelled by drug use, risky sex and severe social stigma that stops people asking for help, the United Nations said on Monday.
FACTBOX - HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Reuters Jul 19, 2010
Russia and Ukraine are experiencing especially severe and growing epidemics.
Why is Ukraine reversing HIV policy?
The Guardian (U.K.) Jul 18, 2010
In eastern Europe's HIV epidemic Ukraine was a bright spot; now doctors offering methadone are being arrested for trafficking.
How Ukraine is tackling Europe's worst HIV epidemic
British Medical Journal 13 July 2010 2010;341:c3538
Despite entrenched corruption and police interference, community organisations lead the fight against HIV among drug injectors and sex workers in Ukraine, reports Richard Hurley.
Sex now chief cause of Ukraine's AIDS epidemic
AFP Jul 10, 2010
The young father contracted HIV through a casual sexual relationship, like alarming numbers of others in a country where heterosexual transmission has overtaken drug abuse as the main cause of AIDS. The trend has alarmed researchers, showing that the HIV epidemic in Ukraine has now moved out of the niche of intravenous drug users and into the heterosexual mainstream.
Science Special Section Examines HIV/AIDS In Russia, Ukraine
Kaiser Foundation July 9, 2010
In a special section in advance of the International AIDS Conference, Science examines the "state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia and Ukraine, which account for more than 90% of HIV infections in Eastern Europe.
HIV/AIDS patients protest Ukrainian Cabinet's decision to close their clinic
The Canadian Press Jul 7, 2010
About 200 HIV-positive people, doctors and AIDS activists protested Wednesday outside Ukraine's Cabinet building.
Sex now chief cause of Ukraine's AIDS epidemic
AFP Jul 10, 2010
The young father contracted HIV through a casual sexual relationship, like alarming numbers of others in a country where heterosexual transmission has overtaken drug abuse as the main cause of AIDS. The trend has alarmed researchers, showing that the HIV epidemic in Ukraine has now moved out of the niche of intravenous drug users and into the heterosexual mainstream.
Elton John highlighted the plight of the Ukraine's Aids orphans
The Mail on Sunday October 24, 2009
Hidden HIV epidemic amongst MSM in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
UNAIDS January 26, 2009
Ukraine's reversal of fortunes in health care
Japan Times, November 4, 2008
Ukraine Parliament Introduces Bill To Increase HIV Prevention, Treatment Efforts
Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, October 3, 2008
Ukraine Losing HIV/AIDS Fight
Kyiv Post, May 7, 2008
First ever mass campaign on HIV/AIDS prevention among student youth launches in Ukraine
Unian.net April 16, 2008
Advertising community pushes anti-AIDS ad
Kyiv Post, June 20, 2007
Ukraine's HIV/Aids epidemic
BBC Radio 4 Crossing Continents, February 16, 2006 (audio, 28 minutes)
Other Links of Interest:
Ukraine: National Report on Monitoring Progress Towards the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
Ministry of Health of Ukraine 2010 (Reporting period: January 2008–December 2009)
UNAIDS Country Report
United Nations 2008
Regional Session: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
XVII International Aids Conference, Mexico City, August 6, 2008 (video and audio)